gaining access to administrator acct to change password

[Guest]

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My husband was the computer administrator on our pc & had it password
protected.We recently separated & before he left he changed the password so
that I would not be able to sign into this acct.How can I get into it &
change it to my password?I am using windows xp professional
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Marbuki

 

[Malke]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Marbuki wrote:

> My husband was the computer administrator on our pc & had it password
> protected.We recently separated & before he left he changed the
> password so that I would not be able to sign into this acct.How can I
> get into it & change it to my password?I am using windows xp
> professional

Very easy. Go to this website and download the ntpasswd program:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Click on the Bootdisk button and download ntpasswd. You can read all
about it on the site. Basically, you'll make a bootable floppy or cd
(need third-party burning software to make the cd) and boot with it.
Just read the instructions. The easiest thing is to make the new
password a blank. Once you've made the change, log in as Administrator
using the new (blank) password. Go to User Accounts in Control Panel
and set the password the way you want.

Malke
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MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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